Almost all of these pictures were taken as we are driving down the highway.
The sandbags were big gravel bags all tied together for miles along the road. Trees and fences are all still standing in water. One of the highways was closed due to the fact that the river undermined the highway and it looked like big pieces of concrete just thrown down every which way. Thank goodness it wasn’t one of the roads we had to drive on. We saw the picture of it in the paper. We turned onto a different highway just before the closed section.
We stopped near Des Moines, IA in a little town of Grimes and stayed at Cutty’s. It was a big park, lots of campers (it was the weekend) with a store, band stand, lake and plenty of ducks!
We only had to step out our door and this was our view! The weather was beautiful. Warm and sunny. Below is a view of the moon rising the first night we were there.
That evening we decided to drive to the little town of Muscatine, IA and have a Maid Rite hamburger. Our neighbors at the previous campground told us about these hamburgers. The meat is just ground meat, not a patty. It was interesting to eat and to find out that Mark Twain had lived there at one time. He is quoted on the menu as saying “I’ve never seen a sunset as beautiful on either coast as they are here in Muscatine over the Missouri River.”
Below is a couple of shots of the sunset we saw as we drove the 15 miles back to the campground.
We left on a Monday after spending two nights at Cutty’s. The drive through the Midwest is really pretty. Miles and miles of corn, soybeans and other crops. Farm houses with big silos behind in picture perfect spots. The picture below was taken from the window, the tree hides the three big silos in back of the farm house. A nice flat drive through the prairie's.
On to Elgin, IL to visit son, Todd and wife Rachael. We will spend some time there. At least a week!
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